Mark Bonner said that the club will assess Jabo Ibehre over the next couple of days after the striker left the pitch just before the hour mark against Bishop’s Stortford.

The U’s assistant head coach said he had always planned to bring the 35-year-old off in place of youth team player Sam Bennett around the hour mark, but admitted that he had to alter his plans slightly when he pulled up just before that.

However, Bonner said that the striker just felt a bit of tightness rather than anything too serious.

“He [Ibehre] just felt a bit of tightness in his hamstring so we’ll have a look at that and see how it goes,” he said.

“He’s done really well pre-season and he’s had a lot of minutes and done ever so well so we’re really pleased with him.

“We’ll see how that settles down over the next couple of days but hopefully it’s nothing too serious.”

“He is experienced, he felt that little bit of tightness straight away so we took him straight off the pitch.”

“He was always going to come off around 60 minutes for young Sam Bennett anyway so it was just before that he said he needed to come off, so it’s no problem.”

There was some good news on the injury front, however, with David Amoo and Brad Halliday taking part in the warm-up at Stortford, although neither played.

Amoo had to be substituted against Dagenham on Wednesday night, while Halliday hasn’t featured since the Chelmsford game, but Bonner is confident that both are nearing returns.

“[They’re at] the next stage of their rehab really,” he said.

“David’s not too serious having come off the pitch against Dagenham on Wednesday evening and Brad’s missed a bit of time.

“They’re building up the intensity of their rehab now so we’ll see how that goes over the next week. We’re fairly hopeful with both that we’ll see them back in the shirt as soon as possible.”